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05-07-2009 07:36 AM #1
Hotrod carpentry---
I really wanted to title this "How do ya like my box", but I thought the moderators might shoot me.
Now that I have the Marguard lexan sidewindows made for my roadster pickup, the question arises, how do I carry them around? My original thought was to make a two compartment bag of soft cloth and keep it in the back of my rpu, but the more I thought about them sliding around in there, and the chance of setting something heavy into the back and breaking them, the less I liked that idea. I decided to build a very shallow box instead, that will actually screw to the bottom of the truck bed to keep it stationary. The inside of the box will be lined with felt, and there will be a divider panel covered with felt that lays between the two windows. I made up the perimeter frames from 3/4" x 1 1/2" pine, with 1/8" Luan mahogany as the main panel material. I had a peice of brass piano hinge laying around that was long enough (37"). The box will fit crossways in the bed of the rpu just ahead of the tailgate. I put a dark stain on the pine to bring it to the same colour as the mahogany, then coated everything with spar varnish (2 coats on, one to go yet).---Best part of it all---I was finally able to justify buying a belt sander!!! I've wanted one for years---just had to wait for a project to come up that justified the purchasing of one. I will post more pics as this thing comes together.----Brian
Old guy hot rodder





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